New Part-Time Faculty CBA Ratified

We are excited to announce that UA’s Part-Time faculty membership has voted to ratify a new 4-year Collective Bargaining Agreement, to take effect July 1, 2025. 

Our bargaining process, starting in early February, was amicable and efficient. Our United Academics team worked hard to secure raises that keep wages competitive, to add a new benefit intended to help part-time faculty save for retirement, and retain benefits won in previous negotiations. The progressive raises in year four are a flat dollar amount to give a greater percent increase to Lecturer I’s, who may not be eligible for the new retirement match contribution we negotiated.  We are thrilled to secure an agreement for our members that includes the following wins:

 

●       4% raises in year one (starting this Fall, 2025)

●       3% raises in year two 

●       3% raises in year three 

●       $95/credit raises in year four (which corresponds to 3.6% for Lecturers I, 3.4% for Lecturers II, and 3.2% for Lecturers III) 

●       A new retirement match benefit for PT faculty who have taught 24 credits or more starting in July, 2026 - the University will match part-time faculty contributions to their 403(b) up to 2% of the faculty member’s salary

●       Increased per diem payment rates to match the full-time faculty per diem rates ($300/day, $200/half day)

●       Increased automatic annual stipend payment to $175 for all PT faculty for online training on discrimination prevention

●       Retaining benefits won in previous negotiations such as tuition remission, a dedicated Professional Development Fund for part-time faculty, health insurance for part-time faculty who work over 30 hours (now to include all UVM work), promotion bonuses, part-time faculty teaching award, course cancellation payment, and annual appointments for faculty who have taught at least 24 credits

 

The ratification vote by the part-time faculty membership showed unanimous support for this agreement. We appreciate all members who voted, participated in our pre-bargaining survey, shared input, and all members, part-time and full-time, who attended our bargaining sessions as observers. We have this strong Collective Bargaining Agreement because of the power of our union!

 

In Solidarity,

Your UA Part-Time Bargaining Team

Katherine Elmer, Jenna Emerson, Clyde Stats, Carolyn Shapiro, and Katlyn Morris

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New Collective Bargaining Agreement for full-time faculty has been ratified- 12/6/24

The new full-time faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement is now ratified. Congratulations, and big thanks to the UA bargaining team and all the UA leaders and members who played a part in the negotiations process! We are now working through the details of implementation to make sure that you get your raises as soon as possible and that all the newly negotiated provisions are applied properly. 

What this means for you now- 

  • The $1,100 one-time payment should be in your 12/15 paycheck. 

  • The 4% across-the-board salary raises will be reflected in the December 30 paycheck, retroactive to December 1. (this raise applies to faculty who were employed at UVM in Spring 2024 and are still employed at UVM in December 2024) 

    • After the 4% raise is added to current salaries, any Lecturer salaries that are still below the new minimum of $55,000 and Senior Lecturers below $63,000 will be raised to the new minimum. 

    • Faculty should receive a new salary letter after winter break to document your updated salary.

    • The process for Research faculty raises is unchanged from the past CBA (performance increases up to 9%, subject to the process outlined in Article 18)

  • Other changes- 

    • Professional Development Funds increase to $1950 per person this fiscal year (to be spent by June 2025).

    • The waiting period for 403b contributions by UVM for Lecturers is now reduced to 2 semesters, effective immediately.

    • Paid parental leave for Lecturers in their first four years of employment is now 8 weeks (previously 6 weeks), effective immediately.

    • The overload teaching pay rate and summer teaching pay rate will increase starting in summer 2025 (overload- $2,400/credit or $7,200/course equivalent; summer rate will be the same as overload rate or 3% of faculty member's base salary per credit, whichever is greater). 

We will follow up with further information as we work through the implementation of the new CBA. If you have any questions, please contact your Delegate or Rep, the bargaining team, or UA's Contract Administration Committee. 

We have a Tentative Agreement!

After 10 months of negotiations, we have a full Tentative Agreement on the full-time faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

Members, we are holding a meeting to discuss the TA on Monday, December 2 at 4pm (on Zoom. Link in your email). The ratification vote ballot will then be sent to members late on December 2.

Details on the Tentative Agreement are available HERE and on the members page here

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